The Nine Realms

Poems and Writing inspired by the Norse realm of Asgard

Featuring:

Jim C. Mackintosh, Rebecca Audra Smith,

Kate Garrett and Nat Hall

Vanaheim

by Jim C. Mackintosh

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Somewhere in the folds of dreams, VanaheimFloats on ribbons of imagination; in timeTo swallow heavens with magical disregardFor vain complexities born of human chaosBanishing greed and fury to the grub of UtangardNo need for pale weakness in shabby human form. Though widening hollows struck its walls, a stormSparked by Odin’s scheme, of vengeful desire To suck wisdom’s juice from blackened earthThe mulch of trampled souls lost in bloody mire.Breathless rivers pooled, their exhausted courseAmongst the crumble of once proud walls; a sourceOf peace, a reluctant path worn across the middle plainsBy sated Gods; a deal planted in shifting, bartered sandsBut memories itch, to blister up amidst fractured stains.

The salted lick of revenge on Vanir wounds never far In embroidered days of counselled grace, the precious star Of Mimir’s wisdom doomed to fade in a severed blast, Tossed in the saddle bag of bitter scorn at Odin’s feet But in his weeping embrace, nurtured – spells yet to be cast

by Rebecca Audra Smith

The throats of giants

by Rebecca Audra Smith

FRIGG FRIGGFUSS FEREA FEELFREYJA FARE

Build a world with paper and penEat among the grey hallsHail the giants who stalk our minds

FAIR FREYJA FIND FITFAIN FIRSTLY FRIGG

I’ll take no food unless it is with youIn the grey halls and the darkness of a giant’s shadow we kissAnd fling the matches of our passion into the dark to momentarily flareAnd fail your hair catches alight within the circles my hands makeI will take no sustenance no draft my throat will not be wetUnless your lips have taken mine and kissed them into shining

COUNSEL ME

I long for counsel the giant wiseThe giant vice our wisdom only comesTwice a year when we sit and sup with FreyjaDrinking down the dwarves concoction She told me I was so small

FATE FOLK FRIGG FRIGG FRIGGFIND FOUND FLAIL

I will take no sustenance no draft my throat will not be wetIn the grey halls and the darkness of a giant’s shadow we kissI’ll take no food unless it is with youAnd fail your hair catches alight within the circles my hands makeUnless your lips have taken mine and kissed them into shiningFling the matches of our passion into the dark to momentarily flare

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Vikings Ahoy! It’s The Nine Realms!

ONGOING EPICS

THE NINE REALMS (2014-2015):
Watch this space for our next 9-month large-scale collaborative project ! Starting in the 2nd Week of October 2014. Inspired by the Norse Sagas and Norse Cosmology, Giving creative opportunities to nearly 50 creatives. We'll be combining poetry, prose, art, music and sculpting a Viking boat out of ash, Vikings Ahoy!!!

The Nine Realms Poetry Playlist

The Nine Realms Realm Music

PAST EPIC COLLABORATIONS

TRANSFORMATIONS (2013-2014)

A POETRY AND ART EPIC:

31 Creatives from all around the world and the UK showcased through 1 Contemporary Reworking of Ovid's Metamorphoses.

Making the virtual real via a poetry-art exhibition held at Hanse House, Norfolk, 12-14th September 2014,

The launch of our large-scale exhibition template to be used to give creatives from all disciplines collaborative opportunities year on year.

Wisdom & Mindfulness

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Osho: From The Book of Understanding

EXPRESS YOURSELF IN AS MANY WAYS AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT FEAR.THERE IS NOTHING TO FEAR.THERE IS NOBODY WHO IS GOING TO PUNISH OR REWARD YOU. EXPRESS YOUR BEING IN ITS TRUEST FORM, IN ITS NATURAL FLOW, YOU WILL BE REWARDED IMMEDIATELY, NOT TOMORROW BUT TODAY, HERE & NOW. YOU ARE PUNISHED ONLY WHEN YOU GO AGAINST YOUR NATURE. BUT THE PUNISHMENT IS A HELP. IT IS SIMPLY AN INDICATION THAT YOU HAVE MOVED AWAY FROM NATURE, THAT YOU HAVE GONE A LITTLE ASTRAY-OFF THE ROAD-COME BACK. PUNISHMENT IS NO REVENGE.NO, PUNISHMENT IS ONLY AN EFFORT TO WAKE YOU UP: 'WHAT ARE YOU DOING?' . SOMETHING IS WRONG, SOMETHING IS GOING AGAINST YOURSELF. THAT'S WHY THERE IS PAIN, THERE IS ANXIETY.

EVOLUTION IS INTRINSIC TO MAN'S NATURE, EVOLUTION IS HIS VERY SOUL, AND THOSE WHO TAKE THEMSELVES FOR GRANTED REMAIN UNFULFILLED. THOSE WHO THINK THEY ARE BORN COMPLETE REMAIN UNEVOLVED. THEN THE SEED REMAINS THE SEED. IT NEVER BECOMES A TREE AND NEVER KNOWS THE JOYS OF SPRING AND THE SUNSHINE AND THE RAIN AND THE ECSTASY OF BURSTING INTO MILLIONS OF FLOWERS.